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News hit today that Keenan Allen may have tested for positive for a drug test at the college scouting combine, which would undoubtedly drop his draft stock. No word on which drug he tested positive for, and his agent is denying the allegation. However, with the testing charge and Allen’s recovery from a knee injury and his slow time at his pro day, it’s possible a potential top 10 pick could drop all the way to the 49ers at 31.

Allen might be a participant in Wednesday’s workout for local prospects. The question is, should the 49ers be interested in him?

If his background checks out, the 49ers should absolutely draft him if he’s there. He’s a prototypical, old-fashion 49ers’ receiver with size, explosion and toughness. Bill Walsh turned the sports world on its head by making quarterback arm strength a low priority, however that fact obscured Walsh’s top qualifications for wide receivers, which included the aforementioned qualities attached to Allen. In other words, speed was not among his top requirements for wideouts.

Certainly Walsh didn’t shy away from speedsters, remember the Renaldo Nehemiah experiment in 1982 through 1985? But generally, the 49ers drafted big receivers, and there was a time they wouldn’t look at a receiver who was under six feet. Nehemiah, by the way, was 6-1.

Allen, meanwhile, is 6-2, 206 pounds and in an interview with NFL network analyst Mike Mayock after his pro day, Allen mentioned his desire to block down field. How many receivers do that? Allen also earned a reputation as a gym rat at Cal.

The 49ers are not wary of troubled players – Ahmad Brooks, Anthony Dixon, NaVarro Bowman, just to name a few, got into trouble in college and the 49ers wanted them anyway. If the 49ers crackerjack scouting department determines a player has a good character despite an alleged drug test, they will give him a chance.

Allen is so talented, even this supposed taint might not drop him down to the 31st pick. However, if it does, would you pick him?